Could This Man Live on $539 a Month?

“Could This Man Live on $539 a Month?” poster (1995)
Believing that a 1995 welfare policy set by Massachusetts State Secretary of Health and Human Services, Gerald Whitburn penalized poor women for working, members of the Women’s Action Coalition pasted these flyers in protest throughout the Boston area. From the Women’s Action Coalition Center (Boston, Mass.) records.

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Could this man live on $539 a month?: Gerald Whitburn, State Secretary of Health and Human Services
Could this man live on $539 a month?: Gerald Whitburn, State Secretary of Health and Human Services
Could this man live on $539 a month?: Gerald Whitburn, State Secretary of Health and Human Services
Could this man live on $539 a month?: Gerald Whitburn, State Secretary of Health and Human Services
Women's Action Coalition (Boston, Mass.)
Women's Action Coalition (Boston, Mass.)
1995
1995
Women's liberation movement
Feminism
Women's issues
Welfare policies
Women's liberation movement
Feminism
Women's issues
Welfare policies
http://hdl.handle.net/2047/D20247245
http://hdl.handle.net/2047/D20247245
Women's liberation movement
Feminism
Women's issues
Welfare policies
Could this man live on $539 a month?: Gerald Whitburn, State Secretary of Health and Human Services
Could this man live on $539 a month?: Gerald Whitburn, State Secretary of Health and Human Services
could this man live on 539 a month gerald whitburn state secretary of health and human services
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Could this man live on $539 a month?: Gerald Whitburn, State Secretary of Health and Human Services
1995
Women's liberation movement
Women's Action Coalition (Boston, Mass.)
Women's Action Coalition (Boston, Mass.)
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COULD THIS MAN LIVE ON $539 a MONTH? Gerald Whitburn, State Secretary of Health and Human Services Gerald Whitburn makes $80,000 a year designing and enforcing welfare policy in Massachusetts. His policies force a woman and her two children to survive on less than 1/lOth of his salary and to work at far below minimum wage in exchange for their benefits. MassachuseHs citizens pay his salary with their tax dollars. Who's REALLY getting the handout? WAC IS WATCHING WE Will TAKE ACTION �
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